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List compiled by The Sunday Times and broadcast on Channel 4, Christmas 2015. I’ve not discovered how the list was created though, or whose opinions we’re sharing, but I assume that books in brackets were the most voted for out of particular series.

Sadly, but not surprisingly, for lists of this type, the illustrations are not deemed as important. It appears that the Sunday Times has nominated its preferred illustrator each time e.g. the original Tenniel for Alice and Shepherd for Pooh-Bear, but later illustrator Blake for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In those instances where the author is also the illustrator e.g. Maurice Sendak, Dr Seuss, Judith Kerr, their artistic contributions are ignored. Even for picture books like We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, illustrator Helen Oxenbury is relegated to brackets, while Michael Rosen gets all the glory.

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